HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - The Connecticut Supreme Court won't extend certain claims in lawsuits any further than they already go, ruling recently in a closely watched case against a parent who put her infant daughter in a car seat next to a stove.
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - Strangers who discovered through genetic testing they were half-siblings can sue the doctor they say substituted his sperm for that of their legal fathers, causing them mental anguish and possible medical problems.
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - Connecticut’s whistleblower law protects public employees who report mismanagement and incompetence – even their own – but workers must prove they were retaliated against and not merely disciplined for poor performance, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled.
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - A Connecticut state university must reinstate the director of student conduct, who was fired after he was arrested for domestic violence in an incident where he allegedly threatened to kill himself and his wife and refused to allow police into his home.
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - The Connecticut Supreme Court has delayed, for now, a decision on whether the state’s media shield law protects a blogger who published anonymous comments that a Hartford police officer considers defamatory.
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - It was medical malpractice, not “wrongful birth” that provided the grounds for a $35 million judgment against the State of Connecticut over a permanently disabled child born after his mother may have been infected with virus-tainted sperm.
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - A mother who sued a state hospital for emotional distress after a difficult delivery in which her son was permanently injured can proceed with her case because the damages fall under the general category of medical malpractice, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled.
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - A pair of rulings from the Connecticut Supreme Court will give guidance to health care providers hoping to use the immunity afforded them during the COVID pandemic to fight lawsuits.
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - A student who was expelled from Yale University on sex-assault claims can sue his accuser for defamation because the school’s disciplinary committee lacked basic due-process protections, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled.
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - A woman who endured years of racially motivated abuse by a neighbor isn’t entitled to more than $15,000 in damages for emotional distress, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled, rejecting a state commission’s argument the award was too low.
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - A lawyer who was sued by a former associate after mailing anonymous letters to news outlets accusing him of beating his wife deserves a chance at having the suit dismissed under a law protecting speech about matters of public concern, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled.
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - The Connecticut Supreme Court affirmed the reversal of a jury verdict in favor of a man who drove into an open manhole after the snowplow in front of him dislodged the cover, ruling sovereign immunity protected the City of New Haven against his claim.
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - Nationwide Insurance doesn’t have to cover damages awarded to a woman who was bound, gagged and terrorized by a masked intruder who turned out to be a close friend of her boss, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled.
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - A Connecticut town can drag a property owner and others into a lawsuit over a child’s drowning in a backyard pool, rejecting the plaintiff’s attempt to blame the entire event on the town’s failure to enforce municipal safety codes.
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) – A Connecticut woman’s lawsuit over Bausch & Lomb’s Trulign Lenses has answered a question closely watched by the state’s trial lawyers.
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - The Connecticut Supreme Court ordered the state to issue a pistol permit to a man who was denied because of a drug conviction in New York, ruling that state law doesn’t include prohibitions on firearms permits over out-of-state misdemeanors.
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - A woman who sued her doctor as well as Boston Scientific over an unsuccessful pelvic-mesh implant operation properly lost her case against all of the defendants, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled, upholding the rule that only the doctor performing a procedure must obtain informed consent from the patient.
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - A man whose marriage collapsed after he continued partying while his wife got down to business and cared for their three kids lost his bid to have a prenuptial agreement struck down after the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled he isn’t entitled to his ex-wife’s millions.
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) – Hospitals have avoided a theory of liability pushed recently in Connecticut that sought to hold them accountable for defective products used in medical procedures.
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - A Connecticut judge properly dismissed a town from lawsuits by three high school football players who sued over a teacher’s sexual abuse of them, the state supreme court ruled, citing sovereign immunity and a lack of evidence school officials had reason to suspect what was going on.
